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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Book Tour: Jabin and the Space Pirates by Bev Allen Interview

Blurb:

In the space colony of
New Wales, the pirate attacks are both relentless and merciless

Having lost both his parents, Jabin has been adopted by his austere and
spiteful uncle and aunt who live in the space colony of New Wales which is
riven with religious and political rivalry, and prey to the vicious maraudings
of pirates whose cruelty and greed are beyond all imagination.

When Jabin volunteers to surrender himself to a pirate raiding party to save a
friend, he does so believing that nothing can be worse than his current
suffering.

However, he is soon to discover that things can always get worse when the
stakes are high, the rewards are vast and slave labour is there for the taking.

When the King of New Wales is assassinated, the colony threatens to collapse
into total anarchy, leaving the pirates free reign to mutilate, kill and profit
as they will, but the forces of law and order sent out from Earth are getting
ready to fight back, and Jabin could have a vital part to play in the ensuing war
if he can only stay alive.

Interview:

What is your
favorite thing about the writing experience and why?

Allowing the
people in my head out to tell their story/stories. I do ordinary life so much
better when they are not occupying most of my brain. It means when I go out for
bread and milk, I come home with bread and milk and not smoked oyster in oil
and a tin of peaches. That was not a good day.

What was the
first moment you know you wanted to write?

I don’t think I
can remember I time when I didn’t want to tell stories. Writing came later.

How do you handle
bad reviews?

I try very hard to
be grown up about it, but I have been known to sulk and mutter.

What book do you
recommend everyone should read and why?

I don’t think I
can recommend one book, but I do think everyone should have read a little
Shakespeare, a little of the Bible, some Homer and Chaucer. So much of our
everyday speech and verbal culture (if English is our language) has its bones
in these I think it is important to have a nodding acquaintance with them.

Where is your
favorite place to write?

In my sewing room. I
make patchwork quilts when I’m not writing and I like being able to move from
sewing machine to key board without having to do more than spin my chair
around.

When you write, do you write for a long period of time
or do you write in short burst?

I tend to work
very quickly, writing enormous bursts of work, sitting up half the night to do
it. I am then exhausted and have to spend the next two weeks editing and trying
to make sense of it all. I very much admire authors who are disciplined and
write to a plan. I never have a plan, I know how things start, I have an idea
how they will end, but the journey from one to the other is often a complete
surprise.

What words of
advice would you give to aspiring authors?

Read, read and
then read some more.

What is your
favorite character in your book and why?

I like my soldiers very much. The Colonel
and the RSM are my favourites. Both are fine soldiers, but they are also good
honourable men, who see their role as protecting those who can’t protect
themselves.

If your book was turned into a movie who would you want
to direct it?

Ridley Scott

What projects do
you have planned for the future?

I’ve recently
submitted and had accepted an new action/ adventure story “Lucien and the
Tattooed Tribes”. It is set on a forested world and it has an eco-warrior theme. There are
tribesmen and pearls, wicked politicians and gold, tribal maidens and strange
rituals. It’s a lot of fun, even if I say so myself.

What do you hope to say to people with your writing?

If have kids, or are planning to have kids, bring them up to be the
sort of people you want raising your grandchildren.

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